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On a blustery October morning, I met Marge Berchek at the entrance to Columbia’s historic…
For the past 50 years, the Heart of Missouri United Way has been able to…
At a time when charities face increasing needs and decreasing state government support, the Heart…
Fred Schmidt, owner of Accounting Cycle, said today that he plans to run for the…
The green and white paint is faded, and dead yellow pampas grass partially obscures the “Welcome to Columbia” sign along eastbound Interstate 70. The wooden sign between the Midway and Stadium Boulevard exits displays a decade-old population estimate: 84,531.
There are towering billboards flanking the door-sized welcome sign and competing for the attention of drivers whizzing by. A smaller adjacent sign names the businesses that covered the gateway project’s cost, including one that hasn’t been around for years, Ameritec Cellular
The Columbia Chamber of Commerce has selected a keynote speaker for its annual Business Showcase.…
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System (the central…
The “We Always Swing” Jazz Series and Columbia Access Television plan to co-produce a live…
Carfax plans to build two rain gardens and an enormous basin to filter and contain stormwater that will flow off the roof of a 10,000-square-foot addition that will be built on a grass-covered lot next to the company’s headquarters.
The start of a new year is almost upon us, and this is the time…
Terry Woodruff knew the poke from his business partner was coming halfway through Steve Sweitzer’s sentence.
The old high school buddies were bantering while posing for a photograph when Sweitzer began to ask, “Can you PhotoShop some…”
The Columbia Chamber of Commerce selected the 30 members of the 2011 Leadership Columbia program.…
